Emanuel Sinkler

Emanuel Sinkler (4 September 1737-16 July 1775) was a Colonel of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Emanuel Sinkler was born on 4 September 1737 in Schenectady, New York to a family of Protestant English-Americans. Sinkler became the commander of a regiment of provincial cavalry in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, becoming a Tory militia commander in Albany under the command of General Charles Cornwallis. Sinkler defended Albany against the Americans in the battle of Albany on 16 July 1775, and he was killed in action by the Patriots in the failed defense of Albany.